On Saturday, October 6.10.24, 120, the finals competition of the tennis and education centers in Israel will be held in the city of Haifa, for about 6 girls and boys aged 18-180 from all over the north of the country. Young players from the many tennis clubs in the north will take part in the competition, who qualified from the house stage held last week with about XNUMX participants and an audience of hundreds of fans.
The final competition
The final competition, the "knockout", will include 11 categories, of which 5 are mixed, 3 for girls and 3 more for boys according to ages and difficulty levels. At the end of the competition, 11 girls and boys, one from each category, will win first place. This is the first competition for the season among four that are planned for the upcoming school year for the residents of the north. The competition is open to the general public, and takes place at the Haifa Tennis and Education Center at the entrance to the city.
Eran Danek, director of the Haifa Tennis and Education Center:
Ultimately, our goal is to expose as many girls and boys as possible to competitive tennis with values and all that it implies, from a young age, and to make them fall in love with tennis, so that they can continue to practice, enjoy, and reach achievements at the national and international level. When I briefed the young competitors the previous Saturday, I told them that my victory would be that everyone left the competition with a smile, even those who would lose, because they received a good atmosphere, a competition at a professional level with a precise schedule, good values and energies.
The tennis and education centers in Israel
The Tennis and Education Centers in Israel is a non-profit organization and has existed since 1976. Today there are 24 centers and branches containing approximately 194 courts in Israel, with the newest of them opening in Migdal Hamemek. In recent years, centers have been opened in the Druze Council, a restaurant in the Golan Heights (2023), Hazor HaGalilit (2022), Taiba, Dimona (2021). The vision of the tennis and education centers in Israel - to allow every girl and boy in Israel - regardless of background, religion, physical or financial ability, the opportunity to learn the game of life through the game of tennis.
